Heritage Media Corporation
| Public | |
| Traded as | NYSE: HTG |
| Industry | Television, Newspapers |
| Predecessor | Heritage Communications |
| Successor |
Sinclair Broadcast Group News Corporation |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder |
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| Defunct | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, United States |
Area served | United States (Nationwide) |
| Revenue |
 $10 billion USD (1996) |
Heritage Media Corporation (NYSE:HTG) is a defunct Texas company that owned newspapers, television stations, and radio stations across the United States. It was based in Dallas, Texas from 1987 to 1997.
Ownership
It was founded by James M. Hoak, Jr. in 1987. Heritage Media owned direct marketing services company Actmedia and DIMAC Marketing Corporation, while the company owned 7 television stations and 24 radio stations within the United States.
In 1997, News Corporation acquired Heritage Media. The most of the company's television and radio stations were sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group, while KOKH was sold to Sullivan Broadcasting, and KDLT/KDLV was later sold to Red River Broadcasting and WXXA sold to Clear Channel Broadcasting in 1994 prior to Sinclair's sale.
Television stations
Television stations formerly owned by Heritage Media include:
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) |
Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile, Alabama - Pensacola, Florida | WEAR-TV | 1959-1997 | 3 (17) | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Pensacola, Florida - Fort Walton Beach, Florida - Mobile, Alabama | WFGX | 1995-1997 | 35 (50) | MyNetwork TV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| North Pole, New York - Burlington, Vermont | WPTZ | 1987-1997 | 5 (14) | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Hartford, Vermont - Windsor, Vermont | WNNE | 1990-1997 | 31 (25) | NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television |
| Burlington, Vermont | WFFF | 1997 | 44 (43) | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Albany, New York/Schenectady, New York | WXXA | 1987-1994 | 23 (7) | Fox affiliate owned by Shield Media, LLC (Operated through a SSA by Media General) |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KOKH-TV | 1991-1997 | 25 (24) | Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KAUT-TV | 1987-1991 | 43 (40) | Independent station owned by Tribune Broadcasting |
| Sioux Falls/Rapid City, South Dakota | KDLT-TV/KDLV-TV | 1985-1994 | 46 (47)/5 (26) | NBC affiliate owned by Red River Broadcasting |
| Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia | WCHS-TV | 1987-1997 | 8 (41) | ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |